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• U-132 joined wolfpack Panther. ww2dbase [U-132 | CPC]
• USS Nicholas and the convoy of United States Army troops she was escorting arrived at Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands. Nicholas fired on incoming Japanese bombers during the day. ww2dbase [Nicholas | Guadalcanal Campaign | DS]

• USS S-31 departed Dutch Harbor, US Territory of Alaska for her fifth war patrol. ww2dbase [S-31 | Unalaska | CPC]

• Comandante Cappellini sighted an Allied Sunderland aircraft in the Atlantic Ocean at 0842 hours; she submerged to avoid detection. At 0929 hours, another aircraft was sighted, and she submerged again; distant explosions were heard while under the surface. ww2dbase [Comandante Cappellini | CPC]

• Japanese battleships Haruna and Kongo bombarded Henderson Field on Guadalcanal, destroying more than 40 American aircraft on the ground; they retired up New Georgia Sound at 29 knots. ww2dbase [Henderson Field | Guadalcanal Campaign | Lunga Point, Guadalcanal | CPC]
• The 164th Infantry Regiment became the first US Army unit on Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands. ww2dbase [Guadalcanal Campaign | Guadalcanal | CPC]

• German auxiliary cruiser Komet departed Le Havre, France, escorted by German 3rd Torpedo Boat Flotilla (T4, T10, T14, and T19), attempting to break out into the Atlantic Ocean. ww2dbase [T4 | T10 | T14 | T19 | Komet | Le Havre, Haute-Normandie | CPC]

• USS S-41 arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, ending her fifth war patrol. ww2dbase [S-41 | Honolulu, Oahu | CPC]

• In the United States, the American public was made aware of the losses at the Battle of Savo Island. ww2dbase [Guadalcanal Campaign | CPC]

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